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Figures1 The Murray–Darling Basin xii2 MDBA organisational structure xiii3 MDBA governance structure xiv1.1 Phases and timeline for development of the Basin Plan 62.1 Location of the icon sites 222.2 Annual diversions against annual Cap targets 372.3 Salt interception schemes in the Basin 402.4 Progress on providing fish passage as part of the Sea to Hume program 493.1 River Murray system annual inflows 543.2 River Murray system monthly inflows 553.3 MDBA active storage 563.4 River Murray system: state diversions 583.5 Lake Alexandrina water levels 623.6 Increase of interstate allocation transfers against NSW end-of-season general security

allocation 674.1 The main water storages map for 24 June 2009 108I Governance of MDBC and organisational structure of the MDBC office 191

Tables1 MDBA outcome and output structure xviii2.1 Listings on Environmental Water Register 242.2 Listings on Eligible Measures Register 252.3 The Living Murray environmental watering activities 282.4 Environmental Works and Measures Program achievements and outcomes 322.5 Summary of salinity levels recorded at Morgan, SA 402.6 Joint salt interception scheme performance reporting 413.1 Water shares for NSW and Vic. 564.1 MDBA funding 894.2 MDBA equity 904.3 MDBA SES employees — performance pay 964.4 MDBA staff by employment status 974.5 MDBA staff by job classification and gender 974.6 Age profile of MDBA staff 984.7 MDBA staff by equal employment opportunity group 984.8 MDBA staff by employment agreement 984.9 MDBA staff — base salaries by classification 994.10 Performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy 100

List of figures and tables

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ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

AHD Australian Height Datum

ANAO Australian National Audit Office

ANCOLD Australian National Committee on Large Dams

APS Australian Public Service

BSMS Basin Salinity Management Strategy

CAC Community Advisory Committee

CAC Act Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (Cwlth)

COAG Council of Australian Governments

CRC Cooperative Research Centre

CRG community reference group

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Cwlth Commonwealth

DEWHA Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

EC electrical conductivity unit

EL Executive Level

ESD ecologically sustainable development

EWMP Environmental Works and Measures Program

FMA Act Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (Cwlth)

GL gigalitre

IAG Independent Audit Group

ICT information and communications technology

IEC individual employment contract

LMI Living Murray Initiative

LTCE long-term Cap equivalent

MDBA Murray–Darling Basin Authority

Abbreviations and acronyms


MDBC Murray–Darling Basin Commission

MDFRC Murray–Darling Freshwater Research Centre

ML megalitre

MLDRIN Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations

NFS Native Fish Strategy

NRM natural resource management

OH&S occupational health and safety

RAR required annual release

RMIF River Murray Increased Flows

RMO River Murray Operations

SDL sustainable diversion limit

SEACI South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative

SES Senior Executive Service

SIS salt interception scheme

SRA Sustainable Rivers Audit

TLM The Living Murray

WADC Water Accounting Development Committee

WAM water audit monitoring

WCC Workplace Consultative Committee


acid sulfate soils. Soils formed naturally when sulfate-rich water (e.g. saline groundwater or sea water) mixes with sediments containing iron oxides and organic matter. Under waterlogged, anaerobic (oxygen-free) conditions, bacteria convert sulfates to sulphides, which can form sulfidic sediments. When these sediments are exposed to oxygen, such as under drought conditions, chemical reactions may lead to the generation of sulfuric acid.

allocation. An allocation is the specific volume of water allocated to the holders of water entitlements in a given season. The allocation is often quoted as a percentage of the volume of each entitlement. For instance, a 20% allocation in a particular season allows a water user with a 100 ML entitlement to take 20 ML of water.

anabranch. A branch of a river that leaves the main stream and rejoins it further downstream.

ANCOLD. The Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated (ANCOLD Inc.) is an incorporated voluntary association of organisations and individual professionals with an interest in dams in Australia. It is the Australian national committee of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD). A variety of ANCOLD technical working groups produce, for example, guidelines on design, management and risk assessment of dams.

aquifer. An underground layer of soil, rock or gravel able to hold and transmit water.

barrages. Five low, wide weirs built at the Murray Mouth to reduce the amount of seawater flowing in and out of the mouth due to tidal movement. They also help control the water level in the Lower Lakes and River Murray below Lock 1.

Barmah Choke. A narrow section of the River Murray constraining the volume of water that can pass during major floods. During floods, large volumes of water are temporarily banked up behind the Barmah Choke, flooding the wetland system known as the Barmah–Millewa Forest.

baseline conditions. Conditions regarded as a reference point for the purpose of comparison.

Basin Plan. The Water Act 2007 (Cwlth) requires that the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) develops and oversees the Basin Plan for the integrated management of Basin water resources. The Basin Plan will provide for limits on the quantity of water that may be taken from the Basin water resources.

Basin Salinity Management Strategy (BSMS). This strategy guides communities and governments in working together to control salinity in the Murray–Darling Basin. It establishes targets for the river salinity of each major tributary valley and the Murray–Darling system.

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Cap on water diversions. The limit imposed on the volume of surface water that can be diverted from rivers for consumptive uses. Started in 1995 as the Interim Cap.

catchment. The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.

channel capacity. The volume of water that can pass along the river channel at a certain point without spilling over the tops of the banks.

Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder. Environmental water entitlements held by the Australian Government are managed by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, a person who, under the Water Act 2007 (Cwlth), is given the function of using these entitlements to protect and restore the environmental assets of the Murray–Darling Basin, or assets outside the Basin where water is held for that area.

connectivity. Related to maintaining connections between natural habitats, such as a river channel and adjacent wetland areas.

consumptive use. The use of water for private benefit consumptive purposes, including irrigation, industry, urban, and stock and domestic use.

critical human water needs. The needs for a minimum amount of water to meet core human consumption requirements in urban and rural areas that are dependent on Basin water resources. They also include non-human consumption requirements that, if not met, would cause prohibitively high social, economic or national security costs.

drawdown. Lowering the water level in a weir pool.

dredging. A process whereby machines equipped with scooping or suction devices remove mud etc., in order to deepen a waterway.

easement. A grant of rights over land by a property owner in favour of another person to enter onto land for the purpose of installing and maintaining facilities such as cables, pipelines, etc. An easement may also grant the right to cross over land in order to gain access to other land.

EC. Electrical conductivity unit commonly used to indicate the salinity of water (1 EC = 1 microsiemen per centimetre, measured at 25°C).

end-of-valley targets. A water quality target for salinity, set for a point in the lower reach of each catchment.

entitlement. Water users in the Basin hold a legal entitlement, or licence, to a share of the available water. An allocation is the specific volume of water allocated to the holder of an entitlement in a given season.

environmental flows. Any river flow pattern provided with the intention of maintaining or improving river health.

environmental outcome. Project outcomes that benefit the ecological health of the river system.


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Environmental Works and Measures Program (EWMP). A major program to deliver works and measures to improve the health of the River Murray system by making the best use of the water currently available, optimising the benefits of any water recovered in the future, and considering other policy interventions.

fishway. A structure that provides fish with passage past an obstruction in a stream.

flow regime. The spatial and temporal pattern of flows in a river.

GL. Gigalitre, i.e. 1 billion litres (1,000,000,000 litres).

hydrology. The study of the distribution and movement of water.

icon sites. These six locations were chosen for The Living Murray program because they are of regional, national and international importance for their ecological value, and there is concurrence that they are at risk and require improved water flow regimes. These sites are Barmah–Millewa Forest, Gunbower–Koondrook–Perricoota Forest, Hattah Lakes, Chowilla Floodplain and Lindsay–Wallpolla Islands, Murray Mouth, Coorong and Lower Lakes, and the River Murray Channel.

lock. A rectangular chamber of concrete with gates at each end. It allows vessels to move from one water level to another.

long-term Cap equivalent. A type of average which takes into account the different characteristics of water entitlements in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, and their reliability. This measure of water recovery creates a common unit of measure, thus allowing equitable comparison of a broad range of water recovery measures.

macroinvertebrate. An invertebrate animal (animal without a backbone) large enough to be seen without magnification.

ML. Megalitre, i.e. 1 million litres.

Murray–Darling Basin. The entire tract of land drained by the Murray and Darling Rivers. The Basin covers land in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia.

Native Fish Strategy (NFS). This strategy aims to ensure that the Murray–Darling Basin sustains viable fish populations and communities throughout its rivers. The strategy’s goal is to rehabilitate native fish communities to 60% of their estimated pre-European settlement levels within 50 years of implementation.

Ramsar/Ramsar listing. A Ramsar listing denotes the inclusion of a wetland area on the List of Wetlands of International Importance — an inventory prescribed by the Convention on Wetlands (more commonly known as the Ramsar Convention, which was signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971). As one of the original contracting parties to the Convention, Australia has designated 65 sites for this list.

reference group. A committee involving a range of expertise to inform and critique projects and project findings.


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riparian. Of, inhabiting, or situated on, the bank or floodplain of a river.

river health. Status of a river system based on water quality, ecology and biodiversity.

River Murray Increased Flows (RMIF). Water recovered under investment in the Snowy Joint Government Enterprise and managed under The Living Murray framework.

salinity. The concentration of dissolved salts in groundwater or river water, usually expressed in electrical conductivity units (EC, see above) or milligrams of dissolved solids per litre.

salinity registers. A salinity-based accounting system underpinning the Basin Salinity Management Strategy. The system provides an accounting record of states’ actions that affect river salinity.

salt interception scheme. Involves large-scale groundwater pumping and drainage projects that intercept saline water flows and dispose of them, generally by evaporation.

southern connected Basin. The upper River Murray and the River Murray in South Australia, and regulated reaches of the Goulburn, Campaspe, Loddon and Murrumbidgee river systems.

sustainable diversion limits. A central element of the Basin Plan is to set environmentally sustainable limits on the amount of water that can be taken from the Basin’s water resources. These are known as sustainable diversion limits (SDLs). The SDLs will limit the quantity of surface water and groundwater that can be taken from the Basin.

Sustainable Rivers Audit (SRA). A program designed to measure the health of the rivers within the Murray–Darling Basin. The audit aims to determine the ecological condition and health of river valleys in the Basin; to give a better insight into the variability of river health indicators over time; and to trigger changes to natural resource management.

The Living Murray. One of Australia’s most significant river restoration programs, with funding of almost $1 billion over the period 2004 to 2012. The program is a partnership of the Australian Government and the New South Wales, Victorian, South Australian and Australian Capital Territory governments.

water recovery. Implementation of measures that result in water being made available under The Living Murray environmental watering plan.

water recovery registers. Water recovery measures have been approved and monitored using a system of three registers. The first stage of approval for a water recovery measure is the Developmental Register; the second is the Eligible Measures Register; and the third and final stage is the Environmental Water Register.

weir. A dam placed across a river or canal to raise or divert the water, or to regulate or measure the flow.

weir pool. The body of water stored behind a weir.

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Ref* part of report Description Requirement page

A.4 letter of transmittal Mandatory iv

A.5 table of contents Mandatory ii–iii

A.5 index Mandatory 273–278

A.5 Glossary Mandatory 266–269

A.5 Contact officer(s) Mandatory inside back cover

A.5 internet home page address and internet address for report Mandatory inside back cover

9.1 Review by Chief executive

Chief executive’s review Mandatory v–x

9.2 overview of department’s performance and financial results suggested x

9.2 outlook for following year suggested x

9.3 significant issues and developments – portfolio portfolio departments – suggested

not applicable

10 Agency overview

overview description of agency Mandatory xi–xviii

10.1 Role and functions Mandatory xi–xviii

10.1 organisational structure Mandatory xii–xiv

10.1 outcome and output structure Mandatory xvii–xviii

10.2 Where outcome and output structures differ from pBs format, details of variation and reasons for change

Mandatory not applicable

10.3 portfolio structure portfolio departments – mandatory

not applicable

11.1 Report on performance

Review of performance during the year in relation to outputs and contribution to outcomes

Mandatory 1–81

11.1 Actual performance in relation to performance targets set out in pBs/ pAes

Mandatory 165–178

11.1 procurement activities

performance of purchaser/ provider arrangements if applicable, mandatory 91–92

11.1 Where performance targets differ from the pBs/ pAes, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change

Mandatory 165–178

11.1 narrative discussion and analysis of performance Mandatory 1–117

11.1 trend information suggested 1–117

11.1 Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance

suggested 1–117

* the reference is to the location of the item in the requirements in the Department of prime Minister and Cabinet’s Requirements for annual reports – e.g. ‘A.4’ refers to the fourth item in Attachment A.

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11.1 significant changes in nature of principal functions/ services suggested 1–117

11.1 performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department’s response to complaints

if applicable, mandatory 106

11.1 social justice and equity impacts suggested 107

11.2 Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance

Mandatory 87–92

11.2 Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget.

suggested 87–92

11.3 Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes

Mandatory 179–182

11.4 Developments since the end of the financial year that have affected or may significantly affect the department’s operations or financial results in future

if applicable, mandatory not applicable

Management Accountability

12.1 Corporate Governance

statement of the main corporate governance practices in place

Mandatory xiv–xvii, 87–92, 110–117

12.1 names of the senior executive and their responsibilities suggested xiii

12.1 senior management committees and their roles suggested 110–112

12.1 Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review

suggested 87–88

12.1 Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements in place to manage risks

suggested 112–113

12.1 Agency heads are required to certify that their agency comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines.

Mandatory iv

12.1 policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards

suggested 107, 110–115

12.1 How nature and amount of remuneration for ses officers is determined

suggested 95–96

12.2 external scrutiny

significant developments in external scrutiny Mandatory 115–117

12.2 Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals Mandatory 116

12.2 Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth ombudsman

Mandatory 115

12.3 Management of Human Resources

Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives

Mandatory 93–101

12.3 Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention suggested 94

12.3 impact and features of collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs

suggested 95–96

12.3 training and development undertaken and its impact suggested 93–94

12.3 occupational health and safety performance suggested 99–100

12.3 productivity gains suggested not applicable

12.3 statistics on staffing Mandatory 96–99

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12.3 Collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs

Mandatory 95, 98

12.3 performance pay Mandatory 96

12.4 Assets management

Assessment of effectiveness of assets management if applicable, mandatory 71–81

12.5 purchasing Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles Mandatory 91–92

12.6 Consultants the annual report must include a summary statement detailing the number of new consultancy services contracts let during the year; the total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts let during the year (inclusive of Gst); the number of ongoing consultancy contracts that were active in the reporting year; and the total actual expenditure in the reporting year on the ongoing consultancy contracts (inclusive of Gst). the annual report must include a statement noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the Austender website.

(Additional information as in Attachment D to be available on the internet or published as an appendix to the report. information must be presented in accordance with the pro forma as set out in Attachment D.)

Mandatory 91–92

12.7 Australian national Audit office Access Clauses

Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General

Mandatory 92

12.8 exempt contracts

Contracts exempt from the Austender Mandatory 92

12.9 Commonwealth Disability strategy

Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability strategy

Mandatory 100–101

13 Financial statements

Financial statements Mandatory 119–160

other information

14.1 occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991)

Mandatory 99–100

14.1 Freedom of information (subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982)

Mandatory 116–117

14.1 Advertising and Market Research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918)

Mandatory 183

14.1 ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)

Mandatory 184–186

14.2 other Grant programs Mandatory not applicable

14.3 Correction of material errors in previous annual report if applicable, mandatory not applicable

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access issues 107accountability 84–117accreditation of Cap models 38acid sulfate soils risk assessment viii, 65–66acquisition of assets 139, 228active storage 55–56advertising 183age profile of staff 98Agency Resource statement 179–82algal blooms 43–44, 57allocation, defined 14AnColD guidelines 72–73annual inflows 54–55Annual procurement plan 91appropriations from Government 133–34, 158–59As4360: 11Asset Agreement for River Murray operations Assets

52, 71, 90–91asset management 52, 71–79, 90–91, see also

contingent assets and liabilities; financial assets

asset recognition threshold 139, 228assets in transition 236–37Audit and Compliance Committee, MDBC 257Audit Committee 111–12Auditor-General, access by 92, 115Austender 92Australasian Reporting Award 106Australian accounting standards 133Australian Capital territory, diversions in 38Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 14Australian Government Water through efficiency 240Australian national Audit office 92, 115Australian standard for risk management 11available-for-sale financial assets 137, 226

balance sheet 125, 211Barmah Choke, trading rules changed 66, 68Barmah–Millewa Forest 28, 32barrages 49, 77barred galaxias 50Barwon–Darling – lower Darling, diversions in 38Basin Community Committee xvii, 17, 163Basin officials Committee xvi, 17, 163Basin plan

concept statement 17development of vi, 3–18critical human needs, water for 10, 54monitoring 12–13sustainability planning 185

Basin plan Division vi

Basin Plan, The: a concept statement 7Basin salinity Management strategy 9, 20, 39–41, 64basis of preparation of financial statements 132–33,

220–21bathymetry data 79, 104‘best practice’ stakeholder engagement 17bioremediation 63black box trees 30Blue-green Algal Bloom Advisory panel 43–44Border Rivers, diversions in 37–38borrowing costs 136, 225Bureau of Meteorology 68bushfires, fish rescue after 50Business Managers Committee 111business planning 87, 113, 166

Caps on surface water diversions vii, 7compliance monitoring 197management of 20, 36–38, 170, 174

cash and cash equivalents 136, 225cash flow reconciliation 153, 248Certificate of Compliance 114–15Chief executive v–x, 121, 193Chief executive instructions 87–88, 91Chief Finance officer 121, 207Chowilla Floodplain and lindsay and Wallpolla islands

28, 32Client service Charter 106climate change effects ix, 47, 53–54, 103collaborations with stakeholders, see stakeholdersCollective Agreement 93, 95, 101Colligen Creek 50Collings trophy 75Commission strategy Committee 258Commonwealth Disability strategy 100–101Commonwealth environmental Water Holder 26, 57Commonwealth ombudsman 115Commonwealth procurement Guidelines 89Commonwealth scientific and industrial Research

organisation 46–47, 103–4communications

coordinators for 35resources for 103–5with stakeholders and communities 105–9working group 262

Communications and Consultation program 34–35communities, communication with 105–9Community Advisory Committee 192–93, 256, 260–62Community engagement working group 262Community Reference Group 35compensation 160

General index

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114–15Condamine–Balonne system 38consultancy services purchased 92contingency arrangements 59contingent assets and liabilities 139, 154, 228, 249Coorong

community forums 260–61environmental watering 28environmental works 33parliamentary inquiry into 116protection of 27sand pumping at 72

corporate capabilities 93–102Corporate plan 6, 87critical human water needs 10, 53–54, see also water

trading and deliveryCsiRo 46–47, 103–4

dam safety projects 52, 71–72, 74, 176, 202Dartmouth Reservoir 59–60, 70

active storage in 56dam safety projects 71major works 73–74

Data and information Management system 15Davidson, Dianne vi, xv, 162Day, Dr Diana vi, xv, 162debt relief 160Department of Finance and Deregulation 92Department of the environment, Water, Heritage and

the Arts 86departmental appropriations 159depreciation 140, 229Dethridge Weir 76development applications 44Developmental Register 23directions under Water Act 117Disability Action plan 100disaster recovery plans 113discretionary grant programs 90documents held 116–17dredging operations 28, 33, 72, 79drought effects ix, 29, 53–54Dry inflow Contingency planning initiative 65dual-type fishways 48

early contractor engagement 31east Australian Waterbird survey 29ecological sustainability 184–86economic dependency 132, 252effective interest method 137, 225Egeria densa 60–61, 75eligible Measures Register 23, 25emergency Water (Murray–Darling Basin Rescue) Bill

2008: 116employee benefits 135

provisions for 151, 223–24employment conditions 93, 96, 98employment status of staff 97endangered fish species 48

engagement section viengaging with stakeholders, see stakeholdersenterprise Agreement 95enterprise information strategy 105entitlement, defined 14environmental issues

environmental Delivery program 26–28environmental Monitoring program 29–30environmental Works and Measures program viii,

31–33, 167, 195performance on 57–58, 184–86safeguards 8–9

environmental water 8, 20–22, 69–70, see also water trading and delivery

environmental Water Register 23–25environmental Watering Group 27equal employment opportunity groups 98equitable interests in land 230equity, financial 90, 247equity issues 107ernst & Young 114erosion control works 78–79events occurring after reporting date 142, 252eWater Cooperative Research Centre 80, 104ewe island Barrage 77executive Committee 110executive Directors 71, 207exempt contracts 92expenses 144external scrutiny 115–17

independent auditor’s reports 122–23, 208–9

Fedlink connection 104feedback from stakeholders 106finance system 88financial assets 136–38, 145, 225–27, 236–37financial guarantee contracts 139, 228financial instruments 156–57, 250–51financial liabilities 138–39, 227financial management 87–92Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997:

86, 88, 114First step Decision 168–69, 196fish, see native Fish strategyfishway construction 48–49, 71, 76, see also native

Fish strategyflooding easements 230floodplain development proposals 43fraud control 113freedom of information issues 116–17Freeman, Rob vi, xv

as Chief executive 193review by v–xstatement by 121

Frenchmans Creek 76Further Agreement on Addressing Water overallocation

and Achieving environmental objectives 90–91

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Gis 104Goolwa Channel 26–27Goulburn–Murray Water 71governance 110–17

bodies and committees 162–64, 254–55Murray–Darling Basin Authority xiv–xviiMurray–Darling Basin Commission 190–92, 204reporting on 177

graduate program 95Green, David vi, xv, 162groundwater management 7guide to MDBC report 188Gunbower–Koondrook–perricoota Forest 28, 30, 32, 35

Hart, Barry vi, xv, 162Hattah lakes 28, 32Health and safety Management Arrangements 99Healthy Basin working group 261held environmental water 8held-to-maturity investments 137, 226Human Resource Management Committee 111human resource policies 93–101, see also employee

benefitsHume Reservoir and Dam

dam safety projects 71–73major works 74storage in 56, 59–60

Hume to Yarrawonga River Murray Works program 78–79

hydraulic modelling 74–75hydrologic modelling 16, 31, 64

Hume Reservoir and Dam 74improvements to 80–81

icon sites 20–22, 26–29iCt disaster recovery plans 113impairment of assets 138, 140, 227, 230income 143income statement 124, 210independent auditor’s reports 122–23, 208–9independent sustainable Rivers Audit Group 13,

36–37, 42–45indigenous partnerships program 18, 33–34indigenous stakeholders 18information Management Committee 105, 110information technology 104–5, see also softwareinformation use 15–16, 103–5infrastructure 139–40, 228–30injury avoidance 204, see also occupational health

and safetyinsurable risks 113intangibles 140, 230interests in joint ventures 141intergovernmental Agreement 2004: 238internal audit 114internal operations 186interstate allocation transfers 67inventories 140, 230irrigation entitlements 24

job classifications 97joint ventures 90–91, 141, 231, 236judicial decisions 116

key performance indicators 165–78, 193–94Koondrook–perricoota Forest, see Gunbower–

Koondrook–perricoota Forest

la trobe university 103–4lake Albert 27, 62–63lake Alexandrina 27, 62lake Mulwala 44

allocations trading 67major works 74–75storage in 60–61

lake Victoriamajor works 76–77storage in 56, 61, 73

land management review 79leafy elodea 60–61, 75learning and development 93–94leases 136, 225leave entitlements 135, 223legal services 102letter of transmittal ivliabilities 90, 252, see also contingent assets and

liabilities; financial liabilitieslive river data function 106living Murray initiative, see the living Murray

initiativeloans 138, 226, 253location of business 252lock 8 weir pool 57lock and weir upgrades 52, 72, 75–76long-term Cap equivalents 23lower Darling, trading rules changed 66–67lower lakes

community forums 260–61declining health of 20environmental watering 28environmental works 33parliamentary inquiry into 116storage in 62water quality 26–27

loxton salt interception scheme 40

Macquarie perch 50major works 73–78management 84–117maps

fish passage 49icon sites 22Murray–Darling Basin xiisalt interception schemes 40water in storage 108–9

market research 183McGrath, paul 111MDBA, see Murray–Darling Basin AuthorityMDBC, see Murray–Darling Basin Commissionmedia relations 105–6


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Mid-Murray, storage in 60–61migratory fish, see native Fish strategyMinister for Climate Change and Water vi, xiii, xiv, 13Ministerial Council xvi, 190, 192

advice to 177, 203–4membership of 162, 255protocol for adjusting Caps 38

Mitta Mitta River 78modelling, see hydraulic modelling; hydrologic

modellingMorgan, sA, salinity at 39–40, 198Murray–Darling Basin 45, see also Murray RiverMurray–Darling Basin Agreement for Water sharing

31, 53–54Murray–Darling Basin Authority

Corporate plan 6, 87membership of vi, 162role and functions xi–xviii

Murray–Darling Basin Commissionfinal report 187–262membership of 254–55remuneration for members 249transition to MDBA 132

Murray–Darling Basin environmental Water Recovery Report 68–70

Murray–Darling Basin sustainable Yields project 8, 16, 46–47

Murray–Darling Freshwater Research Centre 65, 103–4Murray irrigation limited supplementary Water Access

licence 240Murray lower Darling Rivers indigenous nations

33–34, 107Murray Mouth

environmental watering 28environmental works 33sand pumping 72, 79

Murray River, see also Murray–Darling Basin; River Murray...

allocations and diversions 57–59channel works 33inflows 54–55Mid-Murray, storage in 60–61monitoring 63–64sustainability planning 185upper Murray 59–60, 81

Murtho salt interception scheme 40, 72

narran lakes environmental Water purchase 45national Water Accounting Development project 66national Water initiative 174–75, 201national Water Quality Management strategy 9native Fish Awareness Week 48, 50native Fish strategy x, 48–50, 52, 199

new fishways 30, 76performance reporting 172review of 20

natural Resources Management 164, 185, 258

navigable pass upgrades 76new south Wales

active storage in 55–56allocations and diversions 37, 57–58, 67nsW Department of primary industries 50nsW Market purchase Measure 241nsW package B Water Recovery Measure 241water management bodies 71

non-financial assets 146–49, 237–44non-interest bearing liabilities 151, 245northern Basin program 45notes to Financial statements 130–60, 217–53nsW, see new south Wales

occupational health and safety 99–100, 111, 204on-farm Water efficiency Round 2 project 24operating expenses 235–36operating revenues 233–34operations Review 63–64organisational structures xii–xiii, 191outcomes and outputs xvii–xviii

parliamentary committees 115–16paroo River 29payables 150, 246performance pay 95performance reporting 87–88, 91, 165–78, 195–204pilot Market purchase Measure 240planned environmental water 8policy capacity 93–102procurement activities 91project Management Framework 87–88property, plant and equipment 139–40, 228–30provisions 245Public Service Act 1999: 86, 89publications 35, 106purchasing activities 91pyramid Creek salt interception scheme 40, 72

Queensland, diversions in 37–38

rainfall 54–55Ramsar wetlands 21, 65Real time Management strategy to Avoid Acidification

of the lower lakes 27receivables 138, 226recruitment 94–95redundancy entitlements 135, 224Reed Beds swamp 19, 57related party disclosures 253remuneration

for senior executive service 95–96, 155, 249for staff 99of auditors 155, 250

reporting frameworks 86, 88, 92reporting of outcomes 160research partnerships 103–4resources for outcomes 181–82revaluations 139, 229revenue 133–34, 222Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia (RGA) 24, 241


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ex Risk Assessment Guideline 47

risk management ix, 11–12, 112–13Risks to shared Water Resources program 11, 46–47River Manager model 80–81river modelling, see hydrologic modellingRiver Murray..., see also Murray–Darling Basin;

Murray RiverRiver Murray Commission 188River Murray increased Flows 26River Murray operations 89, 219River Murray significant Asset environmental

Management plan 35River Murray Water Committee 164, 259River Murray Water Quality Monitoring program 43–44River operator model 81river red gums 30

salinity management vii, 20, 39–41, 198performance reporting 171

salinity registers 39, 41salt interception schemes 39–41sand pumping 28, 33, 72, 79scaddings Bridge 76schedule of commitments 128–29, 215–16schedule of contingencies 214sea to Hume Dam program x, 49securing Government-held Water for environmental

use 240senate order on Government Agency Contracts 92senate standing Committee on Rural and Regional

Affairs and transport 115–16senior executive service

remuneration for 95–96, 155, 249workshop 94

senior management committees 110–12separation entitlements 135, 224shepparton irrigation Area Modernisation project 241significant accounting judgements and estimates

133, 221significant accounting policies 131–41, 218–32sinclair, ian, awards Collings trophy 75snowy Mountains scheme 58socioeconomic analysis 15software 140, 230, see also information technologysouth Australia

allocations and diversions 37, 57–59, 67water management bodies 71

south Australian Minister for the River Murray 71south eastern Australian Climate initiative ix, 103spatial information management 104special accounts 159staffing, see also employee benefits; human resource

policiesdemographics 96–99of MDBC 250satisfaction survey 178, 204transition to MDBA 93

stakeholders 16–18, 105–9, 194state Water nsW 71statement of cash flows 127, 213statement of changes in equity 126, 212

statement of compliance 221–22strategic plan 87, 167–78strategic Research plan 15strategic Workforce plan 94superannuation entitlements 135–36, 224supplementary Agreement 2006: 238supplier payables 139surface water management 7sustainable diversion limits 7sustainable Rivers Audit viii, 20, 42–45, see also

independent sustainable Rivers Audit Group

tauwitchere Barrage 49taxation 141, 231taylor, Michael vi, xv, 162technical capabilities 93–102The Basin Plan: a concept statement 3, 7the living Murray initiative viii, 21–35

assets of 219committee membership 164, 257engagement with indigenous stakeholders 18environmental Watering plan 35financial management 89First step Decision 168–69, 196indigenous partnerships program 107joint venture agreement 90–91modelling for 64progress of 20Water purchase program 24

tiers of water sharing 10timeline for Basin plan development 6tradeable water rights 13–14, see also water trading

and deliverytraining for staff 93–94transactions with related entities 253transactions with the government as owners 135, 223transition to MDBA v–vi, 132, 188, 218–20

financial reporting 152restructuring for 135staffing 93

tRiM records management system 105

unrecognised liabilities 252upper Murray 59–60, 81use and occupancy mapping 34

velocity meters 64vesting of assets of MDBC 218Victoria

active storage in 55–56allocations and diversions 57–58, 67fish rescue in 50water management bodies 71

Waikerie 2l salt interception scheme 40, 72Wakool River system 50Water Accounting and Development Committee 68Water Act 2007: v

critical human water needs 53–54 development of 102directions under 117


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x monitoring provisions 12on Basin plan 5on corporate planning 87on Ministerial Council xvion risk management 11, 47on stakeholder engagement 17

Water Amendment Bill 2008: 115Water Audit Monitoring Report 36–37‘Water in storages’ webpages 106, 108–9water management, see water quality; water recovery;

water trading and deliveryWater purchase program 24water quality 9, 63–64water recovery 23–25

by Murray–Darling Basin Commission 195, 231–32, 238

reporting on 167water recovery registers 23

water trading and delivery vii, 51–81by Murray–Darling Basin Commission 200–202in northern Basin 45management of 7market for 13–14modelling 64performance reporting 173protection and enhancement 19–50resource management 182sharing arrangements 10, 52, 59Water trade program 45, 66, 175, 269

Water trading rules: issues paper 14waterbird populations 29website 35, 106, 108–9weirs 52, 72, 75–76wetlands, disconnection of 65workforce planning, see human resource policiesWorkplace Consultative Committee 112

Yarrawonga Weir 57, 74–75, 78–79Yorta Yorta pilot project 34

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